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In-door Sick.—During the Poor-Law year, ended 27th
March, 1897, there were 723 admissions (representing 675
persons) to the Infirmary from this district, 505 of which were
upon Relieving Officers' orders and medical certificates, the
remaining 218 admissions representing transfers from the
workhouse and other cases not admitted direct by the
Relieving Officers. Of the 505 cases, 155, or nearly one-third,
were from the 23 common lodging-houses (which contain
accommodation for 703 persons, and shelter an average
nightly population of 650) ; 350 cases having been admitted
from the remaining 252 houses, the ascertained population of
which is 3,378. Inmates are not allowed to remain at the
common lodging-houses when seriously ill. This fact accounts
for the larger proportion of admissions to population from
these establishments. The total admissions to the Infirmary
during the year were 3,459, so that " Notting-dale," which
comprises only one forty-third of the population of the parish,
contributed one-fifth of the in-door sick. From the several
streets the admissions were as follows:—Bangor-street 178,
Crescent-street 186, Sirdar-road 112, St. Katharine's-road 205,
Kenley-street 42: total 723. The first three streets contain common
lodging-houses: their population is approximately 2,160,
and the admissions to the Infirmary were in the proportion
of 22 per cent. The other two streets have a population
of 1,84:!, and the admissions to the Infirmary were in the
proportion of 13.4 per cent.
Certain particulars with respect to the admissions to
the Infirmary, upon Relieving Officers' orders and otherwise,
are set out in the tables at pages 134 and 135. These tables,
it will be observed, show (1) the sex, age, street-residence,
(common lodging-house,and other cases separately)and length
of previous residence of the cases from each of the five streets;
(2) the length of previous residence of common lodginghouse
cases, and (3) particulars (sex, age, residence), with references
to cases admitted to the Infirmary otherwise than by
Relieving Officers' orders direct.